Povezanost sljepoće i slabovidnosti i suicida

master's thesis

• Title (english): Relationship Between Blindness, Low Vision and Suicide
• Author: Marta Cestar
• Mentor: Tina Runjić (mentor)
• Mentor: Saša Jevtović (komentor)
• Committee member: Tina Runjić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Saša Jevtović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ante Bilić Prcić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; (Department of Visual Impairments); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-05-22, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education/Rehabilitation Sciences

Abstract

Suicid ili samoubojstvo je fenomen koji predstavlja ozbiljan problem u cijelom svijetu, neovisno o razvijenosti države, geografskom položaju ili kulturi u kojoj se osobe nalaze. Iako je Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija stavila naglasak na prevenciju suicida u zemljama diljem svijeta, ovaj fenomen i dalje se pojavljuje u alarmantnom postotku. Uzroci počinjenja suicida brojni su i složeni, no najznačajniji čimbenici koji utječu na pojavnost suicida su: dob, spol, socioekonomski status, percepcija vlastitog zdravlja, prisutnost poremećaja mentalnog zdravlja i kvaliteta života. Uspoređujući ih s osobama bez invaliditeta, osobe s oštećenjima vida u znatno su većem riziku od počinjenja suicida upravo zbog izazova koje samo oštećenje sa sobom donosi u svakodnevnom životu (npr. poteškoće u obavljanju svakodnevnih aktivnosti, briga o vlastitom psihofizičkom zdravlju te ostvarenje ispunjavajućeg socijalnog života). Ciljevi ovog diplomskog rada su: pregled dosada poznatih spoznaja iz područja znanosti i struke o osobama s oštećenjima vida kao populaciji sklonijoj počinjenju suicida i suicidalnim simptomima u odnosu na videću populaciju, detaljniji uvid u mentalno zdravlje osoba oštećena vida te utjecaj narušenog mentalnog zdravlja na suicidalnost, zatim pregled najznačajnijih čimbenika rizika za suicidalnost u ovoj populaciji i usporedba utjecaja ovih čimbenika unutar same populacije te konkretniji načini prevencije i uloga različitih vrsta stručnjaka u prevenciji suicida kod osoba oštećena vida. Svakako se među najznačajnije oblike prevencije suicida u populaciji osoba oštećena vida uvrštava podizanje svijesti u široj okolini, ali i suradnja stručnjaka, rano uočavanje i prepoznavanje simptoma te adekvatan odgovor na uočene simptome u obliku daljnjeg upućivanja i osiguravanja odgovarajućih rehabilitacijskih programa kojima bi se pospješila kvaliteta života u ovoj populaciji.

Abstract (english)

Suicide is a phenomenon that represents a serious problem all over the world, regardless of the development of the country, geographical location or culture in which people live. Although the World Health Organization has emphasized the prevention of suicide in countries around the world, this phenomenon still occurs in an alarming percentage. The causes of committing suicide are numerous and complex, but the most significant factors that influence the incidence of suicide are: age, gender, socioeconomic status, perception of one's own health, presence of mental health disorders and quality of life. People with impaired vision, compared to people without disabilities, are at a significantly higher risk of committing suicide precisely because of the challenges that the impairment itself brings with it in everyday life (e.g. difficulties in performing daily activities, taking care of one's own psychophysical health and achieving a fulfilling social life ). The purpose of this thesis is: an overview of the previously known scientific and professional knowledge about people who are visually impaired as a population more prone to commit suicide and suicidal symptoms compared to the sighted population, a more detailed insight into the mental health of visually impaired people and the impact of impaired mental health on suicidality, then an overview of the most significant factors the risk of suicide in this population and the comparison of the influence of these factors within the population itself, as well as more specific methods of prevention and the role of different types of experts in the prevention of suicide among visually impaired people. Among the most important forms of suicide prevention in the population of visually impaired people is certainly raising awareness in the closest environment, but also the cooperation of experts, early detection and recognition of symptoms, and an adequate response to observed symptoms in the form of further referral and provision of appropriate rehabilitation programs that would improve the quality of life in this population.

• Keywords: oštećenje vida; suicid; edukacijska rehabilitacija
• Keywords (english): visual impairment; suicide; educational rehabilitation
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:447248
• Study programme: Title: University graduate study of Educational Rehabilitation; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni magistar/magistra edukacijske rehabilitacije (sveučilišni magistar/magistra edukacijske rehabilitacije)
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-06-27 12:42:54